Frédéric Baudron

Systems Agronomist with @Cirad 🇫🇷. Formely with @CIMMYT 🇪🇹 🇿🇼.
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[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

I defended my 'Habilitation to Direct #Research' (the highest #academic #degree in France) yesterday. Thank you to those who attended in person or online, & to my jury: L. Alletto, L. Vang Rasmussen, M. Valeix, J. Wery, N. Andrieu, B. Gérard, & P. Tittonell.
@Cirad @umontpellier

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢#JustPublished in @NatureFoodJnl by @CIMMYT @ucdavis @Cirad et al.

Our study - led by Joao Silva - calls for careful consideration of location & #crop type in efforts to address #soil acidity in sub-Saharan #Africa.

👉https://t.co/oaXBVmIbJ4

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @Cirad & @Rothamsted

Our study led by @jcairns77 demonstrates that participatory #maize breeding trials in #Zimbabwe takes the diversity of smallholders into account, & highlights differences btw #women-headed households

👉 https://t.co/2XqnTJOo4G

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

De retour d'une fantastique semaine au #Cameroun. Au programme: visite de terrain à Ntui, soutien aux #étudiants en stage et formation #rstats. Merci à @HermineMahot et son équipe de l' @IRADCameroun & à Amelie d'Anfray & les collègues du bureau régional du @CIRAD pour l'accueil.

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢 #JustPublished by @CIMMYT @Cirad & @UFSweb.

Our study led by @EleanorMagwaza demonstrates the potential of identifying practices used by positive deviants to improve the performance of #crop-#livestock systems in #Zimbabwe.

👉 https://t.co/7cApB4XdIi

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

Earlier this week: training on #yield gap analysis of @oneacrefundRW & @RwandaAgriBoard staff in Karongi #Rwanda.

(acknowledging @jvasco323 who taught me most of what I know on the subject).

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢 #JustPublished by @Cirad @UZimbabwe et al.

Our study led by @IllianaKwenda reveals that the benefits of #maize-cowpea #intercropping are maintained in conditions of high #water & #nitrogen stress in semi-arid #Zimbabwe.

👉https://t.co/DtlTEi43vO

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

Intense week spent in #FrenchGuiana visiting #farmers, interviewing them & collecting samples to better understand the #cassava witches' broom #disease, an emerging disease in the region, through a project led by @Cirad & funded by @Agri_Gouv.

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

Great 2 weeks in #Congo #Brazzaville, supporting the 'Programme d'Utilisation Durable des Terres' funded by @CAFISecretariat & @AFD_France.

Among other things, we collected data to develop an allometric model to estimate #cassava yield non-destructively.

@Cirad @AidaDirecteur

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

🚨#JustPublished "Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review" in @ASD_INRAE with @Cirad and @PPS_Wur

More comprehensive assessments are needed to measure farm #resilience, especially for #smallholders. For this, we are proposing 6 guidelines

#OpenAccess👉https://t.co/1ByaUmkNfM

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

A pleasure to be back in #Rwanda, to quickstart new research activities on #cassava-#legume #intercropping. Including three days well spent in the field visiting @oneacrefundRW stations in Kayonza & Karongi, & @CANALLS_Project trials in Kamonyi.

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Can mechanisation transform rural livelihoods?

Research through an #ACIAR-funded project in 🇿🇼 reveals that equitable mechanisation translate to:
📈 income
📈 land/labour ratios
📈 market access
✅post-harvest and irrigation equipment use

More: https://t.co/K9lQ6pvG3J

#SDG17

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📷#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @UZimbabwe & @Cirad in @_Food_Policy.

We applied a quantile regression framework to understand what drives #mechanization by smallholders in #Zimbabwe and how it affects different #farm types.

👉https://t.co/VDEjZFUl6j

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

📢📢 HOTP: (1) What drives mechanization use among smallholders?
(2) How do the effects of mechanization use vary across farm categories?

We address these in a new paper in @_Food_Policy w @FBaudron & @jvasco323 https://t.co/d3Ou1WKgke

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

#NowReading Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia

📝 By Tibebu Moges, @FBaudron, Hanqi Luo, @IngeBrouwer, Roseline Remans, and Jeroen C. J. Groot.

🖱️ https://t.co/wFDeNvGIgu
@CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

Aujourd'hui à #Brazzaville #Congo: formation d'élèves de Master 1 & 2 de @umngcg à @kobotoolbox, dans le cas du Programme d'Utilisation Durable des Terres financé par @CAFISecretariat
& @AFD_France.

@Cirad @AidaDirecteur

[Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida @Tesfaye_Sida]

The GAIA conducted an in-depth investigation into the the processes and interactions in acid soil, developed a workflow and an essential policy tool integrated into the Ethiopian National Soil Information System (NSIS). @Sieg_SAS @jvasco323 @FBaudron @luckywinner1 @rahel1208

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

Amazing that the government of #Ethiopia will now be using analytics developed by the project to guide investments in #acidsoil remediation nationally! Proud to have led this project when it started & to now witness such an impact. Congratulations to the team!

[CIMMYT @CIMMYT]

See our latest story here: A blueprint for soil health initiatives https://t.co/huZ40jyg6s

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢#Published by @CIMMYT @RwandaAgriBoard & @Cirad earlier this year, but now with a #DOI

Despite the prevalence of #acidsoils in #Rwanda, lime application by smallholders on staple crops (#maize & #bean) is not profitable without #subsidies.

👉https://t.co/hUbT5XVQ71

[Lisa Fuchs @Lisa_ElenaFuchs]

Do co-designed #agroecological #farming practices in the #AgroecologyInitiative hold their promise of stable agronomic performance? The #agronomy assessment under way at @BiovIntCIAT_eng with @IITA_CGIAR @Cirad @CIFOR_ICRAF in #Kenya with @CSHEPKENYA and @DNRC2023 gives answers.